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review note on Trading My Mate for the Dragon King, and the structural choice here is genuinely unusual.

A rebirth story normally runs on payback. She returns, she knows everything, she dismantles the people who wronged her. This one does something harder to write: she returns and declines to play.

Laura does not scheme. She does not expose Ava. She does not ruin Damian. She simply removes herself from the arrangement and lets the others perform for an audience that is no longer watching.

That is a much quieter engine, and it means the show has to earn its tension from character rather than plot mechanics. Where it works, it works because the villains now have to fail on their own.

✨ What worked for me:
- She never announces a plan.
- Nobody gets a comeuppance scene in the middle.

✨ Bottom line: the revenge is that she stopped being available.

Is walking away stronger than payback?

— DP, your planet for drama 🎬

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Transcript
00:00:04you're serious you're really switching with me because i'm not gonna let you take it back
00:00:08but laura what's going on you've liked damien since you were a child i don't believe you'd
00:00:14actually volunteer to marry him just to save ava everyone knows stephen thorne is a monster
00:00:20so what are you really after i'm not doing this for ava i'm doing it for cinderwyn my mother was
00:00:26the greatest warrior this clan ever had her courage runs in my blood i won't turn my back on my
00:00:32people
00:00:33this marriage is meant to keep the peace we don't need a coward who's already looking for a way out
00:00:39laura i didn't expect this i'm so proud of you just ask for anything anything at all and i'll make
00:00:46it
00:00:46happen dad i'm your daughter too you know exactly what marrying stephen means but you're smiling
00:00:54now because ava doesn't have to go i'd rather marry stephen than stay in a house where nobody loves me
00:01:00at least this way innocent people won't get dragged into another war i'll marry stephen
00:01:05on one condition name it i'll make it happen no one can know about the bride swap until the
00:01:12weddings are over not even damien damien would pretend to feel sorry for me but he'd just be
00:01:18relieved ava wasn't the one being sent to died the thought makes me sick fine we'll hold both
00:01:24weddings on the same day three days from now hold on but you're already bonded to damien
00:01:31i'll handle it mum do you think damien will be happy when he finds out about this
00:01:36of course he will sweetheart you're the one damien loves he'll be thrilled
00:01:47in my last life i begged my father to let me marry damien this time i'm here to cut him
00:01:54out of my
00:01:54life for good what begging king ethan again still pressuring him so i'll marry you
00:02:02three years after i married damien my stepsister ava was murdered by the tyrant king of frostfell
00:02:08she'd married him on our wedding day damien went to war to avenge her despite my pleas and walked
00:02:13straight into their trap
00:02:19damien are you hurt get out you don't feel guilty at all do you if ava hadn't you married that
00:02:28monster
00:02:28for you she'd still be alive what did you just say why couldn't it have been you laura
00:02:34you'll always owe ava your life i love this man for 10 years but clearly he wishes i died instead
00:02:40of ava so all the years we spent together meant nothing to you was it all a lie damien did
00:02:46you
00:02:46ever love me the gods made you my mate and your father made you my wife i never chose any
00:02:51of this
00:02:51i hate this marriage and i hate you most of all stay the hell away from me in the next
00:02:56life
00:03:02look out
00:03:21damien if there is another life i'll never marry you again
00:03:34somehow when i opened my eyes again i was back three days before ava's wedding and mine
00:03:39i don't want to marry that devil
00:03:44be my first damien please i'd rather die than marry stephen they say he's already killed 10 brides
00:03:51i'm not going to survive this ava i've begged your father over and over but stephen is too powerful
00:03:59even your father the great king ethan has to obey him so just because i don't have dragon power
00:04:05i'm the one they sacrifice i'd rather kill myself right now than let that monster torture me to death
00:04:15ava stop you only lost your dragon power saving my life i haven't forgotten that i'll protect you
00:04:22no matter the cost if i have to give up everything and run away with you i will
00:04:33poor laura the man you're so desperate to marry just said he would throw away his entire life for me
00:04:41but your wedding to laura is only three days away are you sure you want to abandon that for me
00:04:47i can't believe the husband i love so much would choose my stepsister over me
00:04:58it's him the tyrant steven what's he doing here
00:05:07your fiance's in there entertaining my fiance
00:05:14you deserve better why don't you marry me instead
00:05:26you are breathtakingly beautiful
00:05:37but why are you shaking am i scaring you
00:05:42ava is your bride not me
00:05:51why would i marry a woman who strips for another man and begs him to take her
00:05:56you though you've got some fight in you
00:06:01i like that in a wife
00:06:04i already have a mate
00:06:07yeah then why is he holding another woman
00:06:17three days from now
00:06:19i'm returning to frostbane with my new wife
00:06:23and if my bride decides to run off with another man
00:06:27i'll burn this pathetic little clan to the ground
00:06:46don't worry ava
00:06:48i'm getting you out of this
00:06:50you are not marrying that monster
00:06:53i don't care what it cost me
00:07:05damien i can finally use dragon power
00:07:20and you're my mate oh my god this is fate
00:07:25damien you're everything to me i love you
00:07:30as soon as i turn 22 let's get married what do you think
00:07:41in my last life i thought being his mate and giving him everything would make him love me back
00:07:50i was wrong he made his choice and i'm gonna make mine
00:08:14oh no it's a marriage proposal from frostbine
00:08:18dad mom please
00:08:21i can't do this i'm not strong like laura
00:08:25stephan is terrifying i just can't
00:08:30come on do something
00:08:33stephen killed the last dragon king and took the crown when he was 14. he's a violent man
00:08:39are you really going to stand by and let ava do this send laura instead she's the oldest if anyone
00:08:46should be used for a marriage alliance it's her laura's mother died saving the cinder wing clab
00:08:52our people still worship her memory if i force laura into this marriage everyone will turn against
00:08:58me i don't care ava is my baby i'm not sending my daughter off to die
00:09:04if ava marries stephen and then plots to escape him stephen would probably wipe out the entire clan
00:09:10anyway i'm not letting innocent people die because of her i have to make a choice
00:09:17laura are you just going to stand there while she gets handed to a monster
00:09:21how can you be so heartless was taking the man she loved not enough
00:09:26yeah your sister is crying herself sick and you don't even care what kind of cold-blooded monster
00:09:33did i raise sister i don't remember mom giving birth to another girl
00:09:39you know what looking at you now i wish i'd sent you to stephen instead
00:09:58dad approved our marriage damian i'm so happy three more days and i will finally get to be your wife
00:10:08mom
00:10:16fine let me marry stephen instead ava can have damien let's give them what they want
00:10:29you're serious you're really switching with me because i'm not going to let you take it back
00:10:33but laura what's going on you've liked damien since you were a child i don't believe you'd actually
00:10:39volunteer to marry him just to save ava everyone knows stephen thorne is a monster so what are you
00:10:46really after i'm not doing this for ava i'm doing it for cindewyn my mother was the greatest warrior this
00:10:52clan ever had her courage runs in my blood i won't turn my back on my people this marriage is
00:10:59meant to
00:11:00keep the peace we don't need a coward who's already looking for a way out hey laura i didn't expect
00:11:06this
00:11:07i'm so proud of you just ask for anything anything at all and i'll make it happen
00:11:13dad i'm your daughter too you know exactly what marrying stephen means but you're smiling now
00:11:19because ava doesn't have to go i'd rather marry stephen than stay in a house where nobody loves me
00:11:25at least this way innocent people won't get dragged into another war
00:11:29i'll marry stephen on one condition name it i'll make it happen no one can know about the bride swap
00:11:36until the weddings are over not even damien damien would pretend to feel sorry for me but he'd just
00:11:43be relieved ava wasn't the one being sent to die the thought makes me sick fine we'll hold both
00:11:49weddings on the same day three days from now hold on but you're already bonded to damien i'll handle it
00:11:58mom do you think damien will be happy when he finds out about this of course he will sweetheart
00:12:03you're the one damien loves he'll be thrilled
00:12:12in my last life i begged my father to let me marry damien this time i'm here to cut him
00:12:19out of my life
00:12:19for good what begging king ethan again still pressuring him so i'll marry you
00:12:27looks like you were reborn too wait you too you knew ava would die if she married stephen and you
00:12:36still went in there to make sure of it you'd send your own sister to her death just to have
00:12:41me you're
00:12:43sick i'm sick you're right i'm the villain you broke my heart in our last life
00:12:51this time i'll make sure you never marry the woman you love laura
00:12:58look king ethan gave me everything i have today
00:13:01if he ordered this marriage i won't defy him and i'll marry you again
00:13:07i'll accept my fate but this time i'm gonna save ava nobody is stopping me
00:13:13not even if the whole world is against me
00:13:17damien
00:13:21damien please don't fight with laura over me
00:13:25i've made my peace with it your wedding is what matters
00:13:32see even now she's still looking out for you
00:13:35and you you can't even be bothered laura you really make me sick
00:13:42no the self-righteous bullshit is what's sick
00:13:45sister don't talk to damien like that move
00:13:52i'm sorry laura please don't hit me
00:13:56don't touch her
00:13:58don't touch her
00:13:58I don't know.
00:14:29Don't be scared, Your Highness.
00:14:31I'll use these claws of mine to keep you safe.
00:14:33I promise.
00:14:39Those claws used to protect me.
00:14:41But for the first time,
00:14:43you're using them to hurt me.
00:14:45All for Ava.
00:14:51Laura, wait.
00:14:52I'm sorry, I...
00:14:53Don't even bother.
00:14:55Saying you're sorry won't change anything.
00:14:56And this isn't the only thing you've done to me.
00:15:16Who said you could come in?
00:15:17Get out.
00:15:25Get your hands off me!
00:15:30Laura, enough.
00:15:31I know I shouldn't have hit you.
00:15:32I thought Ava was hurt and I panicked.
00:15:34I'm really sorry.
00:15:35Can we please just stop this?
00:15:41I promise you'll always be this good to me.
00:15:43Even after we're married?
00:15:45Always.
00:15:50I was good to you too.
00:15:52Wasn't I?
00:15:54Just promise me you'll stop going after Ava.
00:15:57That's all I'm asking.
00:15:58And then maybe we can go back to how we used to be.
00:16:03So that's my reward?
00:16:05If I'm nice to Ava, you'll throw me a little affection too?
00:16:08I cannot believe this.
00:16:10That's not what I meant.
00:16:11Now get out!
00:16:12I don't want to see you again!
00:16:30Unbelievable.
00:16:31We already have a deal.
00:16:32And she's still trying to keep Damien on the hook.
00:16:35Fine, Laura.
00:16:37If Steven is going to kill you anyway,
00:16:39I'll make sure you leave this place with absolutely nothing!
00:16:50Burn it all.
00:16:51Clothes, jewelry, memories.
00:16:53I don't care.
00:16:56I'm taking this room after the wedding
00:16:57and I don't want to see one single trace of that bitch.
00:17:10Poor Laura.
00:17:11You spent your whole life
00:17:13begging for father's love and Damien's heart.
00:17:17Now they're both mine.
00:17:19Enjoy your wedding night with a monster.
00:17:21I'll be in your bed with your mate.
00:17:24Ah!
00:17:42Hey, asshole!
00:17:43What the fuck is wrong with you?
00:17:46That's my mother.
00:17:49Our clan's greatest queen.
00:17:51She gave her life for our people!
00:17:54She's dead.
00:17:56And now my mom is the queen.
00:17:58You're nothing but a little bitch.
00:18:00This is exactly what you deserve
00:18:02for still trying to seduce Damien.
00:18:06Say another word about my mother
00:18:08and I'll rip your jewel off.
00:18:09Dean!
00:18:10Sam!
00:18:10Don't just stand there!
00:18:12Do something!
00:18:13Do something!
00:18:25Let go of that portrait!
00:18:35Let go of that portrait!
00:18:47Your dragon power never went away.
00:18:51Have you been lying to all of us?
00:18:53Obviously.
00:18:54But I sacrifice my power to save you
00:18:57works so well on Damien, don't you think?
00:19:01No!
00:19:06Smoke.
00:19:07From Laura's room?
00:19:09She's attacking Ava again?
00:19:11Ava can't even defend herself
00:19:12and Laura's using dragon power on her.
00:19:28Don't blink, bitch.
00:19:30I want you to see exactly who he wants.
00:19:35Laura, stop!
00:19:37Don't push me!
00:19:58Damien!
00:19:59Help!
00:20:00I can't use dragon power anymore!
00:20:02If I hit the ground, I'm dead!
00:20:04I can't use dragon power anymore!
00:20:12Laura, why didn't you summon your dragon?
00:20:14What happened?
00:20:18Laura.
00:20:19She pushed me, I swear!
00:20:21She got angry and threw me out the window.
00:20:24I was terrified.
00:20:26Laura, what the hell?
00:20:28You pushed her!
00:20:32Laura, didn't we talk about this?
00:20:35If you're angry about anything,
00:20:36just take it out on me.
00:20:37You know that Ava is powerless.
00:20:39What you did wasn't just jealousy.
00:20:41It was attempted murder.
00:20:43She grabbed me and jumped.
00:20:45And she is not powerless.
00:20:47She's been lying to your face this entire time!
00:20:49Enough!
00:20:50She almost died!
00:20:51And you're still trying to smear her!
00:20:53I just wanted some armor before Frostbund takes me away.
00:20:56I thought Laura might still care enough to help me with that.
00:20:59But I guess I was wrong.
00:21:01It's okay though, Damien.
00:21:02Please don't blame her.
00:21:03You did nothing wrong.
00:21:05You're braver than anyone in this clan.
00:21:07Laura, on the other hand, isn't even half the woman you are.
00:21:11Say whatever you want.
00:21:12The truth is the truth.
00:21:14Two more days, then I'll never have to explain myself to any of them again.
00:21:22Apologize to Ava.
00:21:23What?
00:21:24Have you lost your mind?
00:21:25Let go of me now!
00:21:26You nearly killed her.
00:21:28You don't think you owe her an apology?
00:21:29I'm not apologizing for something she did to me.
00:21:32Ava knows the truth, even if you're too stupid to see it.
00:21:35Oh, now you're threatening her?
00:21:37Fine.
00:21:38Forget the apology.
00:21:39You'll make Ava the armor she asked from your own scales.
00:21:41You owe her that much, Laura!
00:21:46Damien, are you insane?
00:21:47What the hell are you doing?
00:21:49Let me go!
00:22:03If we want strong armor, the scales over her heart and belly are the strongest, and the most painful to
00:22:08pull out.
00:22:09Isn't that a little cruel, Damien?
00:22:10Laura will survive.
00:22:12She's strong.
00:22:12A few scales won't take away her power, and once we're married, she'll have me protecting her anyway.
00:22:17You don't have that liberty, Ava.
00:22:19Damien, don't you dare touch me.
00:22:25You gave up your dragon power to save my life.
00:22:29You're practically human now, vulnerable and weak, so I need to look after you.
00:22:36She never lost it!
00:22:37She's lying to you, Damien!
00:22:39Please, don't do this to me!
00:22:59They're beautiful.
00:23:00Thank you, Laura.
00:23:01Now I'll have your scales to keep me safe.
00:23:07I spent a lifetime loving you, Damien, and you still fell for act.
00:23:13You've betrayed me one too many times.
00:23:15The woman who loved you is gone.
00:23:18Two more days, once the weddings are over, you'll never see me again.
00:23:37Stephen, you saved me?
00:23:39You saved me?
00:23:42Obviously.
00:23:43Damien was too wrapped up in your stepsister to care if you live or die.
00:23:48Without me, the wolves would have gevoured you last night.
00:23:58How are you still so afraid of me?
00:24:01We've met twice now.
00:24:02You did put an arrow through my heart in another life.
00:24:06So, yeah, I'm a little scared.
00:24:14Princess Laura?
00:24:15Damien Miller sent something for your wounds.
00:24:30Just leave it there.
00:24:32Seriously?
00:24:33After everything he's done, one little bottle of potion, and she's thinking about him again?
00:24:40Your Majesty.
00:24:43I heard you found Princess Laurie wounded in the woods.
00:24:45How is she now?
00:24:47Who cares?
00:24:48She's not my bride anyway.
00:24:52Save the fake concern, Damien.
00:24:54Go be with your Ava.
00:24:56I'm done with you two forever.
00:25:04Ava, I'm sorry for what Laura did yesterday.
00:25:07Your wedding's tomorrow.
00:25:08This is the last thing you need.
00:25:10It's okay, Damien.
00:25:11I've accepted my fate.
00:25:12I just wish, maybe in another life, I could be your bride instead.
00:25:22No, fuck this.
00:25:24I can't just watch and let it happen.
00:25:26You'll die.
00:25:27Then what can we possibly do?
00:25:32Let me mark you first.
00:25:34That means Stephen won't be able to claim you right away.
00:25:37We'll go through with the weddings first.
00:25:39Then I'll come for you and get you out of Frostbally.
00:25:45But that's something we only do with our mates.
00:25:48Laura is your mate right now.
00:25:50I have to mark Ava.
00:25:51It's the only way Stephen might let her go.
00:25:54Laura will marry me anyway.
00:25:56Just like she did in our last life.
00:25:57I'm only doing this to save her sister.
00:26:00Laura will understand.
00:26:03It's the only way to make Stephen give you up.
00:26:05Laura will understand.
00:26:08Then do it.
00:26:09Mark me, Damien.
00:26:10I want you.
00:26:21That's it, Laura.
00:26:23Suffer.
00:26:24Your mate just chose me.
00:26:31I want you to kill me.
00:26:34I want you to kill me.
00:26:38I want you to kill me.
00:27:12Laura?
00:27:13How long have you been standing there?
00:27:16Are you okay?
00:27:18I didn't know marking someone else would hurt you like that.
00:27:22But listen, I'm only trying to keep Ava alive.
00:27:26The marking doesn't mean anything.
00:27:27It's temporary.
00:27:28You're still my mate.
00:27:29Nothing between us has changed.
00:27:37I don't know if marking her will save her.
00:27:40I do know it's tearing my soul apart.
00:27:43You know what?
00:27:44I'm done, Damien.
00:27:46I want to break our bond.
00:27:50What did you just say?
00:27:53Damien Miller, I'm done letting you hurt me.
00:27:56I'm breaking our mate bond.
00:28:00Oh, please.
00:28:02You've spent your whole life trying to get me to marry you.
00:28:05So whatever you're doing will not work.
00:28:07Your mother's name still means something to this clan.
00:28:10Marrying you is my only way to the throne.
00:28:12And our people need me to protect them.
00:28:17You think this will make me feel sorry for you?
00:28:19It makes me sick.
00:28:21Drop the act!
00:28:29Damien, after tomorrow, you and I never will never see each other again.
00:28:37This is a dragon plaque.
00:28:42It can end a mate bond.
00:28:44Without the other person agreeing to it.
00:28:47Write the vow in your own blood.
00:28:49Seal it and give it to Damien.
00:28:51The second he opens it,
00:28:52the spell will sever your bond for good.
00:29:01I, Laura Crest,
00:29:03reject you, Damien Miller,
00:29:06and break our mate bond.
00:29:08Now and forever.
00:29:19Time to end this.
00:29:20Time to end this.
00:29:39When that bell rings at noon,
00:29:42the frostbale boat will be taking you
00:29:44straight to Stephen.
00:29:48Good luck, sis.
00:29:50Hope you'll make it through your wedding night.
00:30:09Wait.
00:30:12Wait.
00:30:13Wait.
00:30:14Wait.
00:30:18Wait.
00:30:27Ava, I'm sorry. I still couldn't stop the wedding, but I meant what I promised you.
00:30:32I'll find a way to get you out, okay? I'll come for you. I swear.
00:30:36I get it, Damien. You really do love her.
00:30:41Here, one last thing from me. Wait until the wedding's over before you open it.
00:30:46You sound kind of weird today.
00:30:48Just a cold. I have to go now.
00:30:52Something's off. I thought Ava would be crying and hugging me, but she was so calm.
00:30:57Is she angry that I couldn't save her?
00:31:10King Stephen, you better take care of Ava. If anything happens to her...
00:31:13What? What can you do about it?
00:31:19Drop the attitude or this wedding turns into your funeral.
00:31:21Then I'll take your bride too and give her a good time.
00:31:24What the fuck did you just say?
00:31:29What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:33What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:38What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:39What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:40What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:40What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:40What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:40What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:40What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:40What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:41What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:43What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:46What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:48What the fuck did you do about it?
00:31:50What the fuck did you do about it?
00:32:00from now on she's mine what happens to her is no longer your concern or your pathetic little
00:32:06clans you're serious you're really switching with me because i'm not gonna let you take it back
00:32:27but laura what's going on you've liked damien since you were a child i don't believe you'd
00:32:33actually volunteer to marry him just to save ava everyone knows stephen thorne is a monster
00:32:39so what are you really after i'm not doing this for ava i'm doing it for cindlewyn my mother was
00:32:45the greatest warrior this clan ever had her courage runs in my blood i won't turn my back on my
00:32:51people
00:32:52this marriage is meant to keep the peace we don't need a coward who's already looking for a way out
00:32:58laura i didn't expect this i'm so proud of you just ask for anything anything at all and i'll
00:33:05make it happen dad i'm your daughter too you know exactly what marrying stephen means but you're
00:33:12smiling now because ava doesn't have to go i'd rather marry stephen than stay in a house where
00:33:18nobody loves me at least this way innocent people won't get dragged into another war
00:33:23i'll marry stephen on one condition name it i'll make it happen no one can know about the bride swap
00:33:30until the weddings are over not even damien damien would pretend to feel sorry for me but he'd just
00:33:36be relieved ava wasn't the one being sent to died the thought makes me sick fine we'll hold both
00:33:43weddings on the same day three days from now hold on but you're already bonded to damien
00:33:50i'll handle it mum do you think damien will be happy when he finds out about this
00:33:55of course he will sweetheart you're the one damien loves he'll be thrilled
00:34:06in my last life i begged my father to let me marry damien this time i'm here to cut him
00:34:12out of my
00:34:13life for good begging king ethan again still pressuring him so i'll marry you
00:34:21three years after i married damien my stepsister ava was murdered by the tyrant king of frostfell
00:34:27she'd married him on our wedding day damien went to war to avenge her despite my pleas
00:34:32walks straight into their trap
00:34:38damien are you hurt
00:34:40get out
00:34:42you don't feel guilty at all do you if ava hadn't you married that monster for you
00:34:47she'd still be alive what did you just say why couldn't it have been you laura
00:34:52you'll always owe ava your life
00:34:54i love this man for 10 years but clearly he wishes i died instead of ava so all the years
00:35:00we spent together meant nothing to you was it all a lie damien did you ever love me the
00:35:06gods made you my mate and your father made you my wife i never chose any of this i hate
00:35:11this marriage and i hate you most of all stay the hell away from me in the next life
00:35:21look out
00:35:40damien if there is another life i'll never marry you again
00:35:53somehow when i opened my eyes again i was back three days before ava's wedding and mine
00:35:58i don't want to marry that devil
00:36:02be my first damien please i'd rather die than marry stephen they say he's already killed 10 brides
00:36:10i'm not going to survive this ava i've begged your father over and over
00:36:16but stephen is too powerful even your father the great king ethan has to obey him
00:36:22so just because i don't have dragon power i'm the one they sacrifice
00:36:26i'd rather kill myself right now than let that monster torture me to death
00:36:34ava stop you only lost your dragon power saving my life i haven't forgotten that i'll protect
00:36:40you no matter the cost if i have to give up everything and run away with you i will
00:36:51poor laura the man you're so desperate to marry just said he would throw away his entire life for me
00:37:00but your wedding to laura is only three days away
00:37:03are you sure you want to abandon that for me
00:37:06i can't believe the husband i loved so much would choose my stepsister over me
00:37:17it's him the tyrant steven what's he doing here
00:37:26your fiance's in there entertaining my fiance
00:37:32you deserve better why don't you marry me instead
00:37:45you are breathtakingly beautiful
00:37:56but why are you shaking am i scaring you
00:38:01ava is your bride not me
00:38:09why would i marry a woman who strips for another man and begs him to take her
00:38:15you though
00:38:17you've got some fight in you
00:38:20i like that in a wife
00:38:23i already have a mate
00:38:25yeah
00:38:27then why is he holding another woman
00:38:36three days from now
00:38:38i'm returning to frostbane
00:38:39with my new wife
00:38:42and if my bride decides to run off with another man
00:38:46i'll burn this pathetic little clan to the ground
00:39:05don't worry ava
00:39:07i'm getting you out of this
00:39:09you are not marrying that monster
00:39:11i don't care what it cost me
00:39:24damien
00:39:24i can finally use dragon power
00:39:39and you're my mate
00:39:40oh my god this is fate
00:39:44damien
00:39:44you're everything to me
00:39:46i love you
00:39:49as soon as i turn 22
00:39:51let's get married
00:39:52what do you think
00:40:00in my last life
00:40:02i thought being his mate
00:40:04and giving him everything
00:40:06would make him love me back
00:40:09i was wrong
00:40:10he made his choice
00:40:12and i'm gonna
00:40:14make mine
00:40:32oh no
00:40:34it's a marriage proposal from frostbine
00:40:36dad
00:40:37mom please
00:40:39i can't do this
00:40:41i'm not strong like laura
00:40:43stephan is terrifying
00:40:45i just can't
00:40:48come on
00:40:50do something
00:40:52stephan killed the last dragon king
00:40:54and took the crown when he was 14
00:40:55he's a violent man
00:40:57are you really going to stand by
00:40:59and let ava do this
00:41:01send laura instead
00:41:02she's the oldest
00:41:04if anyone should be used for a marriage alliance
00:41:06it's her
00:41:07laura's mother died saving the cinderwing club
00:41:10our people still worship her memory
00:41:12if i force laura into this marriage
00:41:15everyone will turn against me
00:41:17i don't care
00:41:19ava is my baby
00:41:20i'm not sending my daughter off to die
00:41:23if ava marries stephan
00:41:25and then plots to escape him
00:41:26stephan would probably wipe out the entire clan anyway
00:41:29i'm not letting innocent people die because of her
00:41:32i have to make a choice
00:41:36laura are you just going to stand there
00:41:38while she gets handed to a monster
00:41:40how can you be so heartless
00:41:42was taking the man she loved not enough
00:41:44yeah
00:41:45your sister is crying herself sick
00:41:48and you don't even care
00:41:50what kind of cold-blooded monster did i raise
00:41:54sister
00:41:54i don't remember mum giving birth to another girl
00:41:58you know what
00:41:59looking at you now
00:42:01i wish i'd sent you to steven instead
00:42:16dad approved our marriage
00:42:18damien
00:42:19i'm so happy
00:42:21three more days
00:42:22and i will finally get to be your wife
00:42:34fine
00:42:35let me marry steven instead
00:42:37ava can have damien
00:42:39let's give them what they want
00:42:47you're serious
00:42:48you're really switching with me
00:42:50because i'm not going to let you take it back
00:42:52but laura what's going on
00:42:54you've liked damien since you were a child
00:42:56i don't believe you'd actually volunteer to marry him just to save ava
00:43:01everyone knows steven thorne is a monster
00:43:04so what are you really after
00:43:05i'm not doing this for ava
00:43:07i'm doing it for cindlewyn
00:43:09my mother was the greatest warrior this clan ever had
00:43:13her courage runs in my blood
00:43:14i won't turn my back on my people
00:43:17this marriage is meant to keep the peace
00:43:20we don't need a coward who's already looking for a way out
00:43:22hey
00:43:23laura i didn't expect this
00:43:26i'm so proud of you
00:43:27just ask for anything
00:43:28anything at all and i'll make it happen
00:43:32dad i'm your daughter too
00:43:34you know exactly what marrying steven means
00:43:36but you're smiling now because ava doesn't have to go
00:43:40i'd rather marry steven than stay in a house where nobody loves me
00:43:44at least this way innocent people won't get dragged into another war
00:43:48i'll marry steven on one condition
00:43:50name it i'll make it happen
00:43:53no one can know about the bride swap
00:43:55until the weddings are over
00:43:56not even damien
00:43:59damien would pretend to feel sorry for me
00:44:01but he'd just be relieved ava wasn't the one being sent to die
00:44:04the thought makes me sick
00:44:06fine
00:44:07we'll hold both weddings on the same day
00:44:09three days from now
00:44:12hold on
00:44:12but you're already bonded to damien
00:44:14i'll handle it
00:44:17mum
00:44:18do you think damien will be happy when he finds out about this
00:44:20of course he will sweetheart
00:44:22you're the one
00:44:23damien loves
00:44:24he'll be thrilled
00:44:31in my last life i begged my father to let me marry damien
00:44:34this time i'm here to cut him out of my life for good
00:44:38what begging king ethan again
00:44:40still pressuring him so i'll marry you
00:44:46looks like
00:44:47you were reborn too
00:44:50wait
00:44:50you too
00:44:51you knew ava would die
00:44:53if she married steven
00:44:55and you still went in there to make sure of it
00:44:57you'd send your own sister to her death
00:44:59just to have me
00:45:01you're sick
00:45:02i'm sick
00:45:03you're right
00:45:05i'm the villain
00:45:06you broke my heart in our last life
00:45:09this time
00:45:10i'll make sure you never marry the woman you love
00:45:14laura
00:45:17look king ethan gave me everything i have today
00:45:20if he ordered this marriage i won't defy him
00:45:23and i'll marry you again
00:45:26i'll accept my fate
00:45:27but this time i'm gonna save ava
00:45:30nobody is stopping me
00:45:32not even if the whole world is against me
00:45:35damien
00:45:40damien please
00:45:41don't fight with laura over me
00:45:44i've made my peace with it
00:45:45your wedding is what matters
00:45:50see
00:45:51even now she's still looking out for you
00:45:54and you
00:45:54you can't even be bothered
00:45:58laura you really make me sick
00:46:00no the self-righteous bullshit is what's sick
00:46:04sister
00:46:04don't talk to damien like that
00:46:06move
00:46:10i'm sorry laura
00:46:12please don't hit me
00:46:15don't touch her
00:46:24no the end
00:46:42she's still looking in the way
00:46:45she's still looking in the way
00:46:47and so
00:46:48Don't be scared, your highness.
00:46:50I'll use these claws of mine to keep you safe.
00:46:52I promise.
00:46:57Those claws used to protect me.
00:47:00But for the first time, you're using them to hurt me.
00:47:04All for Ava.
00:47:10Laura, wait. I'm sorry, I...
00:47:12Don't even bother.
00:47:13Saying you're sorry won't change anything.
00:47:15And this isn't the only thing you've done to me.
00:47:34Who said you could come in? Get out.
00:47:44Get your hands off me!
00:47:45Ah!
00:47:49Laura, enough.
00:47:50I know I shouldn't have hit you.
00:47:51I thought Ava was hurt and I panicked.
00:47:53I'm really sorry. Can we please just stop this?
00:48:00Promise you'll always be this good to me?
00:48:02Even after we're married?
00:48:04Always.
00:48:09I was good to you too, wasn't I?
00:48:13Just promise me you'll stop going after Ava.
00:48:15That's all I'm asking.
00:48:17And then maybe we can go back to how we used to be.
00:48:22So that's my reward?
00:48:25I can't believe this.
00:48:28I can't believe this.
00:48:29That's not what I meant.
00:48:30Now get out! I don't want to see you again!
00:48:56I can't believe this is what I'm talking about.
00:48:58I don't know.
00:48:59I can't believe this is what I'm talking about.
00:49:01Nothing!
00:49:09Burn it all.
00:49:10Clothes, jewelry, memories, I don't care.
00:49:14I'm taking this room after the wedding
00:49:16and I don't want to see one single trace of that bitch.
00:49:28Poor Laura.
00:49:29You spent your whole life begging for father's love and Damien's heart.
00:49:36Now they're both mine.
00:49:38Enjoy your wedding night with a monster.
00:49:40I'll be in your bed with your mate.
00:50:01Hey asshole, what the fuck is wrong with you?
00:50:04That's my mother.
00:50:07Our clan's greatest queen.
00:50:10She gave her life for our people.
00:50:13She's dead.
00:50:14And now my mom is the queen.
00:50:17You're nothing but a little bitch.
00:50:19This is exactly what you deserve for still trying to seduce Damien.
00:50:25Say another word about my mother and I'll rip your jaw off.
00:50:28Dean! Sam!
00:50:29Don't just stand there!
00:50:30Do something!
00:50:44Let go of that portrait!
00:51:07Your dragon power never went away.
00:51:10Have you been lying to all of us?
00:51:11Yes.
00:51:12Obviously.
00:51:13But I sacrificed my power to save you.
00:51:16Works so well on Damien, don't you think?
00:51:20No!
00:51:25Smoke.
00:51:26From Laura's room?
00:51:28She's attacking Ava again?
00:51:30Ava can't even defend herself and Laura's using dragon power on her.
00:51:47Don't blink, bitch.
00:51:48I want you to see exactly who he wants.
00:51:54Laura, stop!
00:51:56Don't push me!
00:52:17Damien!
00:52:18Help!
00:52:19I can't use dragon power anymore!
00:52:21If I hit the ground, I'm dead!
00:52:31Laura, why didn't you summon your dragon?
00:52:33What happened?
00:52:37Laura.
00:52:38She pushed me, I swear.
00:52:40She got angry and threw me out the window.
00:52:43I was terrified.
00:52:45Laura.
00:52:46Laura, what the hell?
00:52:47You pushed her!
00:52:51Laura, didn't we talk about this?
00:52:53If you're angry about anything, just take it out on me.
00:52:56You know that Ava is powerless.
00:52:58What you did wasn't just jealousy.
00:52:59It was attempted murder.
00:53:02She grabbed me and jumped.
00:53:04She grabbed me and jumped.
00:53:04And she is not powerless.
00:53:06She's been lying to your face this entire time.
00:53:08Enough!
00:53:08She almost died.
00:53:10And you're still trying to smear her.
00:53:12I just wanted some armor before Frostbun takes me away.
00:53:15I thought Laura might still care enough to help me with that.
00:53:18But I guess I was wrong.
00:53:20It's okay though, Damien.
00:53:21Please don't blame her.
00:53:22You did nothing wrong.
00:53:24You're braver than anyone in this clan.
00:53:26Laura, on the other hand, isn't even half the woman you are.
00:53:29Say whatever you want.
00:53:31The truth is the truth.
00:53:33Two more days, then I'll never have to explain myself to any of them again.
00:53:41Apologize to Ava.
00:53:42What?
00:53:43Have you lost your mind?
00:53:44Let go of me now!
00:53:45You nearly killed her.
00:53:47You don't think you owe her an apology?
00:53:48I'm not apologizing for something she did to me.
00:53:51Ava knows the truth, even if you're too stupid to see it.
00:53:54Oh, now you're threatening her?
00:53:55Fine.
00:53:56Forget the apology.
00:53:57You'll make Ava the armor she asked from your own scales.
00:54:00You owe her that much, Laura!
00:54:05Damien, are you insane?
00:54:06What the hell are you doing?
00:54:07Let me go!
00:54:22If we want strong armor, the scales over her heart and belly are the strongest.
00:54:25And the most painful to pull out.
00:54:28Isn't that a little cruel, Damien?
00:54:29Laura will survive.
00:54:30She's strong.
00:54:31A few scales won't take away her power.
00:54:33And once we're married, she'll have me protecting her anyway.
00:54:35You don't have that lubbredy, Ava.
00:54:38Damien, don't you dare touch me!
00:54:44You gave up your dragon power to save my life.
00:54:47You're practically human now, vulnerable and weak, so...
00:54:51I need to look after you.
00:54:55She never lost it!
00:54:56She's lying to you, Damien!
00:54:58Please!
00:54:59Don't do this to me!
00:55:18They're beautiful.
00:55:19Thank you, Laura.
00:55:20Now I'll have your scales to keep me safe.
00:55:26I spent a lifetime loving you, Damien, and you still fell for act.
00:55:31You've betrayed me one too many times.
00:55:34The woman who loved you is gone.
00:55:37Two more days, once the weddings are over, you'll never see me again.
00:55:55Steven?
00:55:56You saved me?
00:56:01Obviously.
00:56:02Damien was too wrapped up in your stepsister to care if you live or die.
00:56:07Without me, the wolves would have gevoured you last night.
00:56:17How are you still so afraid of me?
00:56:20We've met twice now.
00:56:21You did put an arrow through my heart.
00:56:23In another life.
00:56:25So, yeah.
00:56:26I'm a little scared.
00:56:33Princess Laura?
00:56:34Damien Miller sent something for your wolves.
00:56:49Just leave it there.
00:56:51Seriously?
00:56:52After everything he's done, one little bottle of potion, and she's thinking about him again?
00:56:59Your Majesty, I heard you found Princess Laurie wounded in the woods.
00:57:04How is she now?
00:57:06Who cares?
00:57:07She's not my bride anyway.
00:57:11Save the fake concern, Damien.
00:57:13Go be with your Ava.
00:57:15I'm done with you two forever.
00:57:23Ava, I'm sorry for what Laura did yesterday.
00:57:26Your wedding's tomorrow.
00:57:27This is the last thing you need.
00:57:28It's okay, Damien.
00:57:30I've accepted my fate.
00:57:31I just wish, maybe in another life I could be your bride instead.
00:57:41No!
00:57:42Fuck this!
00:57:43I can't just watch and let it happen.
00:57:44You'll die!
00:57:45Then what can we possibly do?
00:57:51Let me mark you first.
00:57:53That means Steven won't be able to claim you right away.
00:57:56We'll go through with the weddings first.
00:57:57Then I'll come for you and get you out of Frostback.
00:58:04But that's something we only do with our mates.
00:58:07Laura is your mate right now.
00:58:08I have to mark Ava.
00:58:10It's the only way Steven might let her go.
00:58:13Laura will marry me anyway.
00:58:15Just like she did in our last life.
00:58:17I'm only doing this to save her sister.
00:58:19Laura will understand.
00:58:22It's the only way to make Steven give you up.
00:58:24Laura will understand.
00:58:26Then do it. Mark me, Damien.
00:58:29I want you.
00:58:40That's it, Laura.
00:58:42Suffer.
00:58:43Your mate just chose me.
00:59:14No!
00:59:19No!
00:59:31Laura?
00:59:31How long have you been standing there?
00:59:35Are you okay?
00:59:37I didn't know marking someone else would hurt you like that.
00:59:41But, listen, I'm only trying to keep Ava alive.
00:59:44The marking doesn't mean anything, it's temporary.
00:59:47You're still my mate.
00:59:48Nothing between us has changed.
00:59:56I don't know if marking her will save her.
00:59:59I do know it's tearing my soul apart.
01:00:02You know what?
01:00:03I'm done, Damien.
01:00:05I want to break our bond.
01:00:09What did you just say?
01:00:12Damien Miller, I'm done letting you hurt me.
01:00:15I'm breaking our main bond.
01:00:19Oh, please.
01:00:20You've spent your whole life trying to get me to marry you.
01:00:24So whatever you're doing will not work.
01:00:26Your mother's name still means something to this clan.
01:00:29Marrying you is my only way to the throne.
01:00:31And our people need me to protect them.
01:00:35You think this will make me feel sorry for you?
01:00:38It makes me sick.
01:00:40Drop the act!
01:00:48Damien, after tomorrow, you and I never will never see each other again.
01:00:56This is a dragon plaque.
01:01:01It can end a mate bond without the other person agreeing to it.
01:01:06Write the vow in your own blood.
01:01:08Seal it and give it to Damien.
01:01:09The second he opens it, the spell will sever your bond for good.
01:01:20I, Laura Crest, reject you, Damien Miller, and break our mate bond.
01:01:26Time to end this.
01:01:40Time to end this.
01:01:58When that bell rings at noon, the frostbale boat will be taking you straight to Stephen.
01:02:07Good luck, sis.
01:02:09Hope you'll make it through your wedding night.
01:02:29Wait!
01:02:46Ava, I'm sorry.
01:02:47I still couldn't stop the wedding.
01:02:48But I meant what I promised you.
01:02:51I'll find a way to get you out, okay?
01:02:53I'll come for you.
01:02:54I swear.
01:02:55I get it, Damien.
01:02:56You really do love her.
01:02:59I'm sorry.
01:02:59Here, one last thing from me.
01:03:02Wait until the wedding's over before you open it.
01:03:05You sound kind of weird today.
01:03:07Just a cold.
01:03:08I have to go now.
01:03:10Something's off.
01:03:11I thought Ava would be crying and hugging me.
01:03:14But she was so calm.
01:03:16Is she angry that I couldn't save her?
01:03:29King Stephen, you better take care of Ava.
01:03:31If anything happens to her...
01:03:32What?
01:03:33What can you do about it?
01:03:37Drop the attitude or this wedding turns into your funeral.
01:03:40Then I'll take your bride too and give her a good time.
01:03:42What the fuck did you just say?
01:04:19From now on, she's mine.
01:04:21What happens to her is no longer your concern or your pathetic little plans.
01:04:26Steven!
01:04:32Laura?

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